Chimpanzee social intelligence: Selfishness, altruism, and the mother-infant bond

Primates

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-11

  Hirata, Satoshi ^a  

^a HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Mother infant relationship; Social intelligence; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ALTRUISM; ANIMAL; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALTRUISM; ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

PAN;

EID: 59149095027     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-008-0122-1     Document Type: Review

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